Although the Russia investigation elicits a deeply partisan response, including substantial suspicion among Republicans, public confidence in the intelligence community is quite strong—at least for now.

The public has confidence in the intelligence community. It’s comfortable with the authorities the IC wields and the privacy protections that bind it. And few respondents believe that current authorities should either lapse or be reformed.

The public has great confidence in the military—not so much in ongoing military operations. It has little confidence in the President on national security—and even less on specific national security matters.